what is wrong with my Colt Coral
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Topic: what is wrong with my Colt Coral
Posted By: rick grigsby
Subject: what is wrong with my Colt Coral
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 2:07pm
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Total new guy here!
I bought a 24 gallon nano 3 months ago used, lots of corals. Everything is doing well and good growth. All water parameters are good: 0 for nitites, ammonia, nitrites. 20 for nitrates, 500 ppm for calcium and 10 hardness. I do 10% water cahnges every 3 weeks with wtar top offs in between. Anyway, this colot coral has looked like this for 2 days..loosk all purple, but rigid. Not a nice pink or flowing like it was. All other corals look good, thriving, etc. Only two changes have been made:
1. i added a Royal gramma 3 days ago. I ahve never seen it near the coral.
2. Swithced from 50/50 72 watss of light 3 weeks aggo 10 150 mh and 28 watts actinic. i went through a slow acclimation phase with the lighting. the other coral really started growin well with the improved lighting.
Is this coral sick? pooping? resting? It is just odd and I have no idea...Input greatly appreciated!
rick  ------------- 12 gallon nano 24 gallon nano |
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 6:20pm
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Could be shedding it's tunic. Should be fine in a few days. Most leathers do this fairly regularly ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 4:54pm
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Why do you call it a colt coral? It looks like Sinularia and I agree, give it a week more and it should hydrate(expand) again. If it takes longer than that, come back here and we'll try to figure it out.
Here is a colt coral, now called Klyxum. It didn't look like this did it?
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Posted By: rick grigsby
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 7:28pm
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Thanks guys! I really appreciate the help. i am a guppy breeder (150 tanks of championship show guppies,anyon want to trade stuff????) but this is my first real foray into the salt water world. I have to say, it is addictive...lol.
Anyway, I thought it was a Colt Coral, but I stand corrected. It does not look like the bottom pic...Thank you! It is actually coming back out. Seems to much richer pink than before. Crazy stuff. Took about 4 days total I guess.
I appreciate the feed back. I am trying to do this very slow and the right way. I have corals that I think are named correctly, but not sure. I know I have some zoos, mushrooms, several leather, blasomussa?, small torch and frogspawn. Since i got the new lighting they have grown really well.
I think I have galaxis, I will post a pic. It seems these are dangerous to other corals?
Is it appropriate to post pics of the corals that I cant figure out what they are?
Thanks Rick ------------- 12 gallon nano 24 gallon nano |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 8:40pm
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Welcome to the WMAS MB.
Yes please post pics. This hobby is all about the visual and the geekiness of learning and knowing.
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